"We made it in time!" Tetsuya panted as he tried to catch his breath. He got so preoccupied with work that he forgot the Official Beast Tournament was happening today. As soon as he got to the foot of the stairs leading up to the entrance of the American Dome, he rested his hand on the guard rails before proceeding.
After finally catching his breath, he looked around, only to see that Taiga and Kageyama were there with him. They were scratching their heads and fidgeting as if they didn't belong there. He wondered why they were idling about outside when they could've gone inside to watch the match.
"What are you guys doing here?" Tetsuya asked, thinking that they were too embarrassed to go inside.
He was right on the money. The two of them were really embarrassed to go inside. As it turned out, Shoyo would be fighting the first match of the third round, and they couldn't bring themselves to go inside and cheer him on after what they did.